As laws change on the appropriate use of criminal background checks in the employment screening process it is a good time to review current policy and work with a third party background screening company to stay compliant in your hiring practices. Ultimately the fair and lawful use of criminal histories will continue to be scrutinized and it is critical that companies work with third-party background screening companies in order to remain compliant with local, state, and federal regulation governing background screening. Failure to comply with law could result in significant penalty and costly legal action. Inappropriate use of criminal history reports by human resources could also result in a great injustice to potential job candidates. To read more about the evolving landscape of background checks in the employment screening process view recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2014-7-25-The-Evolving-Landscape-of-Background-Checks.html